"Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, journeyman Arthur Dent is swept off the ...

Vanishing hitchhiker legends are so ubiquitous that there’s an entire subfield of folklore research, going back more than 80 ...

Hitchhiker’s thumb is when your thumb is very flexible and can bend backward, sometimes up to 90 degrees. Learn more about what causes it, what conditions are associated with it, and more.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is one of the most inventive and whacky sci-fi properties around, and it's predicted quite a few real-world technologies.

But Douglas Adams gave us many more memorable sayings, in the ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ series, ‘Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency’ and even in scripts for ‘Doctor Who’.

Book tickets for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Live in London. Hitch a ride, meet a robot, question everything.

Hitchhiker’s thumb is understudied, so its prevalence is not fully understood. However, a 2012 study found that 32.3% of a random sample of 310 people had it. Of those subjects, 15.5% were male ...